2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game

August 2023 2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game First female athlete to play and score in NCAA 2001 Cumberland Phoenix Cumberland University 0–0 Herschel Moore Jacksonville State Gamecocks Jacksonville State University 0–0 Jack Crowe 3 0 7 0 21 10 7 34 August 30, 2001 Burgess-Snow Stadium Jacksonville, Alabama 11,312 The 2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game was a college football game between the 2001 Cumberland Bulldogs Cumberland Bulldogs and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks played on August 30, 2001. The game was played at Burgess-Snow Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. Jacksonville State won the game by a score of 72 to 10. During the game, Ashley Martin became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA football game and the second woman to play and score in a college game in any division.https://static.espn.go.com/ncf/news/2001/0830/1246153.html ESPN.com Martin first female to play, score in Division I August 31, 2001 May 15, 2011 Game play Jacksonville State led the game beginning with Lorenzo Banks receiving a 33-yard pass from Reggie Stancil for a touchdown. Steven Lee kicked the first extra point to put the score 7–0. Martin would kick two more extra points in the first quarter alone and the first quarter ended with a score of 21–3. Jacksonville led the remainder of the game. http://www.jsugamecocksports.com/custompages/Stats/Football/2001/jsu01.htm Jacksonville State University Cumberland Univ. vs Jacksonville State (Aug 30, 2001) May 15, 2011 The game ended in a final score of Jacksonville State 72, Cumberland 10.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/jacksonville_state/yearly_results.php?year=2000 College Football Data Warehouse David DeLassus May 15, 2011 Jacksonville State Yearly Results (2001) https://web.archive.org/web/20101213231709/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ohiovalley/jacksonville_state/yearly_results.php?year=2000 December 13, 2010 dead mdy-all Aftermath Prior to this game, female athletes at Duke and Louisville had come close to playing in a game but did not.https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/20/sports/woman-kicks-extra-points.html The New York Times April 20, 2011 October 20, 1997 Woman Kicks Extra Points In 1997, Liz Heaston became the first female athlete to score in a college football game. In 2003, Katie Hnida became the first female athlete to score in a Division I-A bowl game. Martin's success as a female athlete is considered a major milestone since the 1972 Title IX amendment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9VxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5wMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4052,1432889&dq=cumberland+jacksonville+state+ashley+martin&hl=en She Kicks, She Scores! Toledo Blade September 6, 2001 May 15, 2011 See also List of historically significant college football games Women's American football References Category:2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season Category:2001 NAIA football season vs. Jacksonville 2001 vs. Cumberland 2001 Category:August 2001 sports events in the United States Category:2001 in sports in Alabama